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J. SCHADE CARD SYSTEM Filed March 28, 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 [i1 aan for Patented Feb.` 26, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.;-

JOHN SCHADE, OF H'OLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR To NATIONAL BLANK Book COMPANY, or 'HoLYoKn MASSACHUSETTS, A VOLUNTARY TRUST ASSOCIATION.`

CARDy SYSTEM.`

Application led March 28, 1927. Serial Ilo. 178,914.

This invention relates to card systems, such as are 1n common use 1n instances titles are to be conveniently classified.

One of the'objects of the invention is toV provide individual holders within which the cards may be readily inserted and quickly removed therefrom, the holders being so Constructed and equipped that any pull'or drag tending to accidentally remove a card will cause the` latter to be more firmly held with-in the holders.

' A further object is to provide a structure in which the holders themselves may readily vbe removed or inserted at any point of the mass of cards or holders.

A still further object is to provide means for ysecurely binding the mass of holders both at the front and rear ends thereof. v

' And a still further object of the invention is to provide a follower plate at the rear of the holders which may be locked when positioned against the latter and which at all times is capable ofa forward movement, but cannot be moved rearwardly until in an unlocked condition.

t is also the object of the invention toA provide platens both at the front and'at the rear-of the mass of holders upon which the cards may rest for the purpose of making notations thereon, the rear platen being loapable of a forward movement independent of the follower plate, for the purpose of Con-` ining the holders and cards preparatory to f, filing away in the usual cabinet.

Other objects of the invention will appear' vfronithe following description which 1s to be read in connection with certain drawings forming a part of this application andV in which 1 A y y Figure 1 is a plan View of the improved Card system as it appears when ready foi h'ling in a cabinet, and Figure 2 is a similar` view with the rear platen withdrawn so as to expose the follower platevin looked'condition, the cards contained within the holders resting upon* the front platen in both of these views- Figure 3 is a partly broken plan Viewv similar to Figure 2, but with the holders and their vcards `thrown rearwardly and resting upon the rear platen- Figure t is a fragmentary plan view Vwith the cards removed, similar to Figure 2l but showing the follower plate unlocked-'- Figurev 5 is a plan view of the `system showing parts of the card holders turned in reverse directions and with the Cards removed, the followerplate being unlocked, and the front and rear platens withdrawn-e Figure 6 is a section at the line 6 6 of Figure 5, and Figure 7 is a similar section showing the. follower plate in locked `nondition'- t Y Figure v8 is a detail bottom view of the follower plate with the parts in the position that they assume when the plate is in unlocked condition, and Figure 9 is a view like Figure 8 but showin-g the parts in the posi-- tion that they assume when the plate lis looked- Y Figure 1G is adetail bottom view 'Of the follower' plate with the slide bar removedi Figure 11 is a section at the line 11-11 of Figure 8'- l Figure 12 isa section atthe line 12-12 of Figure 5;

Figure 131s a section attheline 13-13 ofFigure 5- t l Figure 14 is adetail plan view of one of the Vholders withacard thereinf- Figure 15 is a section :at the line 15-15 of Figure 14, and Figure 16 is a similar section but showing the floating .clamping bar depressed so that the card may be withdrawn- Figure 17 is a detail broken view of one of the holders showing particularly the oon-fy struction of the floating resilient clamping bar,rand i Figure '18 is a section of Figure 17.

Similar numerals of reference denote like at the line 18-18 parts in the several figures of the drawing.

The card system proper is contained within a flat shallowtray having a bottoni 1 and positioned Within the runways @tand move .freely throughout the same.

Thebacks of .theseholdersaie closed land the sides are bent toward each other, one oli' these sides 7 being longer than the other, lor the purpose presently to be explained, while the other side 8 is inclined toward the firstmentioned side, so that the distance between the sides of each holder gradually decreases from the bottom toward the outer edges. Lanced from this side 8 and forced inwardly toward the side 7 are lugs 9 which are suitably spaced apart and between these lugs is a bow spring 10 that rest-s on the bottom of the holder and is surinounted by a lloating clamping bar 11, both the spring and clamping bar being incapable of material endwise displacement owing to the presence of the lugs 9. The edge of the side 8 is inturned as shown at 12 and is spaced from the side 7 a distance sufficient to admit a card and the bar 11 is normally arrested in its upper movement by this edge.

The central part of the short edge 8 of each card holder is cutaway as shown at 13 so as to expose the bar 11, and when it is desired to insert a card in a holder the card is merely pushed against j[he bar so as to depress it against the resilency of the spring 1() and the card is then readily inserted within the holder, since the space between the bar and the side 7 increases when the bar is depressed, and this leaves ample room for the insel-ion of the edge ot the card against theA bottom of the holder, and the bar will be driven upwardly by the spring and will wedge the card lirmly within the holder and it will be clear that any accidental pull or drag on the card will not cause its displacement :trom the holder but will cause it to be bound more tightly therein owing to the consequent drag on the bar thaty would cause the latterto become more firmly wedged against the card. l/Vhen it is desired to release a card liroin the holder,' the bar is manually depressed, which releases the card.

',lhc side 7 is longer 'than the side S as before noted, to aliord a support for the card at its lewer edgej and although this is not an essential feature, nevertheless it is quite serviceable since it prevents the ready brcahing of the card at the point where it is elaniped to the holder.

At the front of the tray is a platen preterably viormed of two members 111, 15 that are hinged together toggle relation at the points 16, the inner member 1l. having at the ends ot' its front edge flat lugs 17 that extend within the runways 1 so as to slide freely therein.

rllie outer member 15 is hinged at the points 18 to the trent edge of the tray, and the central portion of the member 14 adjacent `its line of hinging to the member 15 is cut away as shown at 19 so that the inger or. one using the tray may be inserted in thisv opening and these members swung forward :in overlapping relation as shown at Figure 5, the lugs 17 travelingfreely within the runways during` this swinging movement. This forward swinging of the members 14:, 15 affords a tree space at the'front of the holders 5 for the'purpose of `removing one or more oit the holders or for ladding holders, this being effected by sliding one end ot a holder forward so as to cause a diagonal disposition of the same, additional holders being inserted in like manner. l

W'hen these platen members are thrown rearwardly7 as shown at Figure 37 the rear edge of the inner member 14: will act as a stop for the mass of holders. 1

At the rear o' the mass of holders isv a follower plate 2O whose sides .extend within said runways and tracl freely therein, and the top o'l whose front portion21', slopes downwardly.

This t'ollower plate 2O is a structure that comprises anupper or roof portion 23 which has secured to the ends of the top of its sloping portion blocks 2l so that it tracks evenly within the runways, and flanges 25, 25a

that depend from the :front and rear of the root and rest upon the floor 1 of the tray, the flanged' portion 25 serving` as an abutment againstthe mass ol' holders to conne the latter in conjunction with the edge ot the inner platen member 141, while both flanges afford a support for the platen on the door of the tray.

The central portion 22 of the sloped part ol' the plate 20 is made flat and parallel with the floor oiE the tray7 and to the underside ot this portion bell-cranks 26 spaced locations 27. Y

vThe short levers 28 o'l these bell-cranks are consequently spaced apart and substantially parallel, and extend athwart the plate, while the long levers 29 extend invopposite directions lengthwise ot the plate at its iront edge and have ball seats 3() in their extremities.

31 is a coil spring which extends between the ends of short levers 28 and normally serve to act on these levers so as to 'force the long levers 29 against the flange 25 at the lront ot the plate7 this being the lockn ing position ot these levers as shown particularly at Figure 10. l

32 is a dat elongated Vslide bar which is positioned against the levers 29 and is conare pivoted at lined laterallv between the flange 25 and the bar SZand extends upwardly therefrom through an elongated vopening 38 cut with-y in the 'central portion 22 of the follower' plate 20, whereby,` lby the manipulationof this finger piece, the bar may be thrown to locking or unlocking positions.

The position of parts, when the followerY plate is in locked condition is as isr shown at "VF iigure 9,;the lips 33 being in Contact with the straight edge portions at the bases of theinclines 34, and when the slide bar 32 is manipulated to unlock the follower plate, the inclines 341 -will actagainst thelips 33 and thereby force the long levers 29 rearwardly until these ylips rest against the straight edge portions 86 at the top of these inclines, as is shown at Figure 8, and this will be effected against the resiliency of the coil spring' 31 whichl always acts to effect v,the vloch-infr positions of these long leve-rs.

Balls 39 occupy the seats w in these lever-s 29 and in the unlocked position of the latter those balls will rest Aagainst the bottom of the tray, as is shown at Figure Gand when the slide bar 32 has been operated to bring the long levers 29 into locking position, these balls will be brought into firm wedging contact between the floor of the tray and the.

sloping port-ion 21 of the follower plate, as shown at Figure 7. Y l f 1t will,'therefore, Abe clear that at all times the follower plate may be readily moved forwardly even when in locked conditionbut cannot be moved rearwardly unless `the slide bar has been manipulated to bring the parts to the positionshown atFigure 8.

vl0 is a rear platen which consists of a,

roofl portion 41 slidably disposed .at its sides within runways 42 that are formed by upward jogs or .offsets a of the flanges 3, these jogs or offsets being at the inner edges of the flanges, so that the runways thus formed are 'in a. plane above thatiof the runways 4, whereby this roof of theV platen Al() willslide in a plane' above the follower plate 20, for the purpose presently explained.

43 are elongated slots in eachside of this roof and extending from a' point lnear the front to a point near the rear, and to the. roof over these slots are secured ribs ist` which not only closethe slots as against; the admission of dirt or foreign matter, but `also Contact the edges of the )ogs u andv hold the platen so that it will lhaven@ lateral play,

and although these ribs may be omitted since they have nothing todo with the operation of the device, still itis preferred to employ them. n r

45 'are studs which project upwardly from the ends of the roof Qlof the follower' plate 2O within the slots 43, so that'i-t will be clear that when the platen 40 is movedrearwardly it will first uncover the plate and then the v.forward end walls of these slots will strike the studs and carry the plate, lwhen unlocked,

rearwardly, land when said lplaten is moved forwardly, it will irstcover the plate and then the rear ends of mid slots will Contact said studs, so that the continued forward movement of the platen will cause the plate to bie forced against the mass of card holders.

But the usual procedure is. to lock the plate 20 and to then slide .the platen vforwardly, so as to first cover the plate and A,thereafterimove the latter, thus moving the plate against the card' holders, the platen l vmeanwhile moving forwardly with the plate rand a'bovethe cards so as to hold the lat-ter as shownvat Figure 1, in order that suchl cards will not interfere with the placing of the tray, after the manner of a drawer, kwithin a cabinet, the front end of the tray being equipped with a knob 46 for this purpose. The rear edge 47 of the platen 4:0' depends and rests against the bottom of the tray, and

about midway of the vrear of `the platen the latter is out away as'at48 to provide a finger hold for the 'ready manipulation of the platen, and stops 49 are provided at therear of the tray against which the rear platen may abut so 'as to' prevent the displacement` thereof.

The tubular terminals 6 that contact each other within the runways 4, afford means for spacing the card holders so that they and their cards A will be in overlapping re-V lation, and it will be obvious that both the front and the rear platens will serve as pads upon which the cards may be swungffor the purpose of making notations on either face v thereof.

It will likewise be evident that `the holders may be removed and replaced or holders added at either end'of the mass ofholders or at intermediate locations therein.

` While the front platen has been shown and Y described asconsisting of hinged members, it will be evident` that any integral platen that can be swung or slid away from the mass of holders may be employed, as for in.- stance, such platen could be integral, with no connection with the rrunways 4f, and

vhinged as shown tol thev front of the tray the sides, card holders` having their ends equipped for sliding freely in the lower run ways, a follower plate slidable in said lower l lil' runways at therear of said holders, means y carried by said plate for llocking it vin any desired location, a platen slidable wit-hin the upper runways atthe rear of said follower plate, connections between said plate and platen whereby the sliding,- movements oit the latter beyond predetermined limits will effect the sliding movements of the former, and a. platen at the front of said holders.

2. AV card system, comprising a shallow tray having1 a floor and opposed inwardly facing` horizontally disoosed and different-ly elevated runways at the sides, card holders having their ends equipped to slide freely in the lower runways, a iollower plate slidable in the lower runways at the rear of said holders, means carried by said plate t'or locking it at any desired location, a platenat the rear of said holders slidable in said upper runways to cover or uncover said follower plate, and an expansible and contractible platen at the liront of said holders adapted to coact with 'the follower plate to prevent sliding et said holders, or to be retracted to permit additions or withdrawals oi" the latter by swinging them in the plane of the tray to tree them from their runways.

A card system, comprising a shallow tray having a floor and opposed horizontally disposed runways at different elevations at the sides, card holders havingY their ends equipped for sliding freely in the lower runways, a follower plateslidablein said lower runways at the rear ont said holders, means carried by said plate for locking it in any desired location, a platen slidable within the upper runways at the rear of said plate, connections between said plate and platen whereby the sliding movements oic the latter beyond predetermined limits will effect the sliding movements of the former, and a platen at the front oft said rholders consisting ot' two flat members hinged together, the inner member havingv the ends of its tree edge equipped to extend within said runways for iree sliding` movements therein, while the outer member is hinged to the front el' the tray.

y ln a card system, a tray having upstanding; sides that terminate in inwardly projected flanges, each flange having at its inner edge an upward otllset, whereby two runways are provided one above the other.

5. ln a card system employingv a shallow tray having a floor and opposed 4inwardly facing` horizontally disposed and di'lierently elevated runways at the sides, card holders slidable within the lower runways and having' closed backs, and sides that approach each other' gradually with the free end oit one side slightly spaced Jr'rom the other side, a tloating` clamping bar confined within each holder, rand a spring in said holder behind said bar, whereby a card may be inserted within the holder at one side ot said bar andl the resilient recovery ot the bar will bind the card within the holder.

6. A construction as in claim l, in which the follower plate has its 'liront portion sloping downwardly and has pivoted to its `bottom. :tace a pair ot spaced bell-cranks each oit which has a long and a -short lever, the short levers extending athwart said plate while the long levers entend lengthwiseof the latter at its front edge and have Vball Seats in their extremities, in combination with an elongated slide bar which has a linger piece that extends through an opening in the lace oi said plate, said bar havingvmeans with the lips iinally resting,` against said barbeyond the tops ot the inclines and the balls thereby withdrawn fromv their aforesaid wedging contact.

7. ln a card system, a card holder consisting oit an elongated metal structure comprlsing a bach and sides,fone of which sides is wider than the other and extends at sub-y stantially a right angle from the back while the shorter side is inclined toward the longer side and is spaced at itsedge therefrom a distance sutlicient to admit a card, a clamping` bar within the holder, speced lugs rigid with said holder' to confine said bar as to lengthwise movement, and a spring back of said bar and functionine' to normally project the bar toward the edge of the short side.

8. ln a card system, a card helder consisting oi an elongated metal structure comprising a baclr and sides,vone of which sides is shorter than the other and is inclined toward the other' side and is spaced at its edge therefrom a distance sufficient to admit card, a spring-projected floating clamping bar within the holder and functioning to normally clamp the card against the longer side ot the holder, side being eut away at its central portion to expose said bar `whereby the latter may be manually depressed to release the card.

9. A card sy '1em, comprising a shallow tray having a floor and opposed inwardly lacing horizontally disposed upper and lower runways' at the sides, card holders havingt their ends equipped to slide` freely said shorter y in the lower runways, a follower plate slidable in the lower runways at the rear of said holders, means carried by said plate for locking` it at any desired location, a platen at thev rear of said holders Slidable in said upper runways to cover or uncover said follower plate, connections between said platen `and plate whereby the sliding movements of the former beyond predetermined limits willeifect the sliding movements of the latter, and an expansible and contractible platen at the front of said holders adapted to coact with the follower plate to preventv sliding of said holders, or to be retracted to permit additions or withdrawals of the latter by swr/inging them in the plane of the tray to free them from their runways.

l0.` A card system comprising a shallow tray having a iloor and opposed inwardly racing horizontally disposed upper and lower runways at the sides, card holders v having their ends equipped to slide freely n in the lowerrunways, a follower plateslidable in the. lower runways at the rear of said holders, means carried by said plate for looking it at any desired location, a platen at the rear` of said holders slidable in said upper runways to cover or uncover said ,follower plate," connections between said platen vand plate whereby the forward sliding movement :of the 'platen Will first 'cover the plate yand thereafter ell'ect the sliding movementfof the latter against said holders,4 while the rear sliding movement of said'platen will first uncover the plate and thereafter elfect the rearward sliding movement of the latter away from said holders.`

In testimony whereof I a'fixmy hereto. f y

JOHN SCHADE;

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